• We need to unsettle them, rattle their scrum, steal line-outs, things that could put them off their game.

    BBC: Richie Gray's Six Nations Diary

  • So asking someone who has mastered a discipline to consciously focus on the individual steps actually distracts them from the engine of their mastery, and throws them off their game (pun intended).

    FORBES: Mediocrity versus Mastery: The Case for Game-Based Learning

  • With icy pavements and roads becoming a serious issue, Sheffield Wednesday decided to take the decision to call off their Championship game with Peterborough .

    BBC: Premier League heads list of sporting postponements

  • The World Baseball Classic, with 16 teams from around the globe, has been exciting fans, many of whom probably are hoping for the Americans to get knocked off at their own game.

    FORBES: One Worldism

  • "They have great ambitions and I'm happy and fortunate to be able to advise them on and off court with their game and with their psychology in some way if I can, " said Djokovic, who is all too aware of the weight of expectation on his siblings' shoulders given their big brother is world No. 1.

    CNN: Visualizing greatness: How Novak Djokovic rose to the top

  • "They have great ambitions and I'm happy and fortunate to be able to advise them on and off court with their game and with their psychology in some way if I can, " said Djokovice, who is all too aware of the weight of expectation on his siblings' shoulders given their big brother is world No. 1.

    CNN: Visualizing greatness: How Novak Djokovic rose to the top

  • The Desert Foxes were the final team to qualify for South Africa 2010, after needing a play-off game against their North African rivals Egypt to go through.

    BBC: World Cup 2010: Sadaane confirms Algerian squad

  • Tottenham Hotspur delayed the kick-off in their Premier League game at home to Southampton by half an hour to give supporters enough time to get to White Hart Lane.

    BBC: Chemicals on M25

  • And, with Boon's departure confirmed, veteran wicketkeeper Paul Nixon is determined that Leicestershire give him the best possible send off by winning their last game of the season at Northants.

    BBC: Leicestershire confirm exit of head coach Tim Boon

  • Yesterday saw the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers each get off to large 1st half leads on their way to holding off late-game challenges from the Chicago Bears and NY Jets to reach Super Bowl XLV to be played Sunday, February 6th in North Texas.

    FORBES: Fox Will Score Ratings Touchdown With Steelers-Packers Super Bowl

  • They took the lead through an early Barkley penalty and their superb off-loading game soon had Saracens chasing shadows.

    BBC: Bath 66-21 Saracens

  • Chelsea were reduced to 10 men when Kalou limped off and their dominance of the game was considerably reduced.

    BBC: Blackburn 3-3 Chelsea

  • King's second penalty gave Wasps a glimmer of hope on 65 minutes, but Gloucester seemed to have killed off the game by claiming their third try.

    BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | English | Gloucester 28-25 Wasps

  • Tonbridge came close to playing after their game was called off less than an hour before kick off.

    BBC: Kent football hit by big freeze

  • Tusker of Kenya, who are the defending champions, kick-off their campaign on Wednesday with a game against Hay-al-Arab of Sudan.

    BBC: Cecafa ready for kick-off

  • He replaced the injured Sean Long for Saints in their opening play-off game against Leeds three years ago, nervelessly kicking three goals in a tense 10-8 victory.

    BBC: St Helens half-back Matty Smith stands by for recall

  • Despite their 71-game slog up to this point, Chelsea's players say they will be doing everything possible to win Saturday's game and sign off their marathon season in style.

    WSJ: Chelsea Really Needs a Nap

  • And its players' ability to beat defenders one-on-one hasn't dropped off either with their number of dribbles per game staying fairly close to the usual 10, according to WhoScored.com.

    WSJ: Barcelona Has to Pick Itself Up

  • Gerrard's goal had more than a touch of fortune about it as he swung over a cross from the left that swirled over Myhill's head and flew in-off the crossbar, but as the game wore on Hull simply could not get the ball off their opponents.

    BBC: Liverpool 6-1 Hull

  • But even in these straitened times, the issue has taken hold among Labour MPs, and the Liberal Democrats can feel justifiably pleased that their long game has truly paid off.

    BBC: Defeat spells trouble for Brown

  • Dave Kearns: Initial panic as problems occur in Asia and Eastern Europe (where the date changes earlier than here), which should settle down by the time the first football game kicks off and people realize their lives won't be disrupted very much.

    CNN: Network experts take a stab at Y2K predictions

  • Exeter took the game to their hosts from the off and their solid set piece more than matched Bourgoin's physical forwards.

    BBC: Bourgoin 19-34 Exeter

  • Both teams came out a bit off their best, perhaps because neither had played a game since last Saturday, a four-day layoff that was a particularly difficult adjustment after a lockout-compressed, no-rest regular season.

    WSJ: Ovechkin helps Capitals beat Rangers 3-1 in Game 1

  • Slippery conditions caused by rain and the knowledge that the game was won took the edge off Australia's play in the closing stages, as their thoughts turned to next weekend's game with England in Melbourne and they sought to avoid injury against their hard-tackling opponents.

    BBC: Australia 42-0 Papua New Guinea

  • Wintry conditions in Minneapolis on Sunday forced their game against the Twins to be called off and rescheduled for Aug. 19.

    WSJ: Mets-Rockies game postponed by spring snowstorm

  • This off-campus building boom is forcing schools to up their game, though slashed budgets have left minimal funds to erect new residence halls.

    WSJ: Resort Living Comes to Campus

  • Pavlyuchenko is in the Russia squad for the opening game of their World Cup play-off against Slovenia in Moscow on Saturday and plans to meet Redknapp with his agent afterwards.

    BBC: Pavlyuchenko to demand Spurs exit

  • The Hurricanes were coming off a loss at Wake Forest that ended their 14-game winning streak and their bid to go unbeaten in the ACC, and they went 11 minutes without a basket early against Virginia Tech before pulling away.

    NPR: Larkin Leads No. 5 Miami Past Virginia Tech 76-58

  • "We've seen countless examples over the last couple of years where one person or two people have literally made a game in their bedroom and are millionaires off the back it it, " adds Mr Macdonald, who now works for games studio eeGeo.

    BBC: Video games industry: Rise of the 'bedroom' developer

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